The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-03
MARRIED AT MIDNIGHT.
An Unco mmon Sight on the Platform of G
Pullman Sleeper.

Pullman Sleeper.
The unconventional, il not romantic,
wedding which took place on the
Northern Pacific train at Rlthdrum Sun
day evening was 'picaic' for the pasen-
gers. Mr.. w. II. Broome, from New
York, who came out to superlntend the
pyrotecbnic display IN Portland on the
Fourth, was passenger, and gave full de-
tails of the wedding. The bride is Mrs. A.
A. Mitchell of Minneapolis, aged about
thirty-fve. The groom is Mr.. B. +. Buck,
q well TODD grocer of Spokane Falls
where he has lived about year. He is
about fifty years old. They made each
others acquaintance several years ago in
Madison, Wis. Each moved to Mime
apolis. About the middle of this month
Mrs. Mitchell secured divorce from her
husband, and on Thursday OF last week
started West to meet her new husband,
taking passage in the Pullman sleeper
Dickson, under command OF Conductor
George Carter. There were six through
lady passengers and dozen or more gentle
men, among them Mr.. +. E. Rice, sQperin-
tendent of the Pullman Car Company at
st. Paul.
The train was due at Rathdrum about
p. M, but did not arrive until midnight.
Mr.. Buck intended to be married on the
train in Washington Territory, Just after
the train had crossed the Idaho line, and
bad taken the Rev. Mr.. Bebe, of Spokane
Falls, along to perform the ceremony.
While he was waiting ct Rathdrum for the
delayed train he decided to be married in
Idaho, and fortunately found justice of
the peace. Under the laws of Idaho no
license is necessary. The train stops for
water at Rathdrum. Mr.. Buck hurried
into the car, found the bride waiting de.
spite the late hour, led her to the rear plat
form of the Pullman, and there they were
cd ho nVA1o OF ~ al "a nf
the door, the squire in front of them, and
the two official witnesses, Paul +. MoheI
and Ned Rice, Just inside the car. Near
them stood q Scotch missionary, en- route
to Alaska. The justice, a good-natured
little man, tilted his hat on the back of
his head, took out lead pencil, and sort
OF marking time with it as a conductor
does with baton, began:
Please join bands"
Addressing groom:
DO you take this woman to be your law
ful wifeP'
Groom l DO.
Addressing bride:
'Doyou take this man TO be your lawful
hushaud?"
Bride do.
Addressing both:
Then unntr the authority conferred OF
me by the Territory of Idaho, L pronounce
you husband aud wife, aud what God hath
Joined together let no man put asunder."
Then, fearing the train would start of with
him, he stepped of the Car to the station
platform, and called out in the darkness to
Mr.. Buck: It'll sign these papers aud
/ send them down on to-mOrrow's tram"
| The groom called him back and handed
| him coin. The SQUIRE looked at in, re
| turned thanks, and exclaimed, CPL set it
up foe for the boys on this"
The Scotch missionary YVES almost dumb
with astonishment. Recovering his speech
he said to mr.. Rice:
mon, is this legal? Do they do things
laak that in this koontry?"
Mr.. Rice assured HIM that this celemony
was strictly legal, and that it took M more
time to hang and bury man in Idaho.
Mr.. Rice went to his wife's berth, awoke
her, whispering so it could be heard to the
further end of the car:
"Been a weddin'; weddin' on the train"
Mrs. Rice, half awake, half asleep, turned
over, trying 70 collect her scattered senses,
\ muueriDg:
"Eh? what? wedding? who?'
Then in jerky, exasperating way which
person wide awake could scarcely under
stand, he told about the episode which had
Just occurred on the platform. This wss
heard by Mrs. A. and her sister, Mrs. S
two California ladies who occupied the sec
ton opposite Mrs. Rice's. Finally Mrs.
Rice, thoroughly nervous and excited at
the manner of her husbands recital of the
story, asked appealingly:
Now, Ned, do sit down; sit down quiet
ly and calmly, and tell it all over and tell
it slowly" He did so, the two California
ladies with heads stuck out through the
portieres..bein atentivs listeners.
In a few minutes all the ladies in the car
bad made themselves presentable. Tue
bride and groom, who had been chatting
with some gentlemen in the smoklug-room
now came into the car and received con-
gratulations at all hands. Mrs. Buck apol-
ogiEed to the ladies, saying she expected to
be married at 2 in the afternoon, and if
the train had not been late all of them
could have witnessed the ceremony. Then
she threw off her buster and, standing up,
! asked:
How do you like my dress? I've hid
it on since o'clock this morning." 1t was
rich brown silk with a profusion of white
lsce about the neck and sleeves. She wore
tawn-colored kid gloves. The books which
the bride read on the trip out were "raS-
gled Lives, I" "Under a Shadow" ''Wooed
and Married" and Lost and Won."-Port.
land 0regonian.